Get up to the Schoodic Peninsula soon! or you'll be sorry!

We had one of the best July 4th weekends ever!  How can you not when you're in a beautiful setting and the weather is about as perfect as it can get!!  I'd yet to make up to the "quiet" side of Acadia, The Schoodic Peninsula.  Although it is very similar in scenery to Mount Desert Island, its coast is far more secluded and quiet.  If you get a chance, go soon as the area is bound to explode once a national campground is opened next year.  

The only campground in the area seems to be Mountain View Campground which is located in Sullivan, Maine....just a few miles down the road from the National Park entrance.  Although most of the sites at the campground are small and too close to others, if you plan in advance, you can get one of the few beautiful sites right along the coast.  This was one of the views from our camp site:

And in the morning, this was the view that we woke up to!  Isn't it just beautiful!  That's Cadillac Mountain in the center.  Cadillac is located on Mount Desert Island, within Acadia National Park.  It's the highest point in Hancock County.  At night, we could see the bright headlights of cars descending the mountain.

Mike preparing breakfast....

At dusk.....

and quite a spectacular sunset!

Dare you to climb up and sit there!

We were in search of the trailhead to Schoodic Mountain which we never found, but we found this, the Schoodic Bog!  

An Osprey perched way up high, was keeping a watchful eye on us!

That's Schoodic Mountain to Mike's left, but where is the trailhead?!  We've heard that the views from the top are amazing, good luck getting there!  We walked further down
the Down East Sunrise Trail which is pictured here.  It's an 85-mile multi-use corridor which connects Ellsworth to Ayers Junction in eastern Maine.  We walked over to the base of the mountain and continued for a about another mile or so, but the trail to the top continued to elude us!  Very frustrating!!!!

We brought our bikes along on this trip and rode the popular loop road on the Peninsula.  It is a six-mile one way road that offers views of lighthouses, sea birds and forest-draped islands.  Along the way, we locked our bikes and hiked one of the four trails in the area, the trail that led up to Schoodic Head.  It was pretty amazing.

lots of photo opps!

The picture above and the one below were taken from the top of Schoodic Head....the one below was pretty far away, I like it, wonder who lives there!?

The roses were fragrant and in full bloom!

 

You can't beat this, can you?  The best part was that there were very few people around, and it was July 4th weekend!!!

Meanwhile, down in Winter Harbor...

and in Corea. it's as picturesque....what you expect to see along Maine's rocky coast...lots of boats and lobster traps

I just can't get enough of this picture, it's the same as above, cept in b&w....very serene, isn't it?

and this one is pretty as well....

 so, make sure to get up to this part of Acadia before too long....there are several b&bs up there if you're not up to camping!